Chayut Setboonsarng
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Bangkok Bank to buy Indonesian lender Permata for $2.7b
This is the first major overseas acquisition for a Thai bank.
Thailand’s Central Group earmarks $663m for overseas investment
The projects include a 58,000-square-meters luxury mixed-used project in Vienna, which includes a hotel, restaurants and shops.
Thai Asset World, PH retailer AllHome listings lead revival of Southeast Asia IPOs
Asset World Corp and AllHome Corp raised $1.6 billion and $285 million, respectively.
Thai hotelier Centara, Japan’s Taisei, Kanden to build $300m luxury hotel
The 34-story Centara Grand Hotel Osaka is slated to open by 2023.
Asset World Corp raises $1.57b in Thailand’s largest corporate listing
Singapore's GIC was among foreign investors buying $300 million worth of shares.
Asset World eyes up to $1.6b in Thailand’s biggest IPO in nearly two decades
Thirteen cornerstone investors have subscribed to half of AWC's shares, including Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC.
Thai retail major Central Group, China’s JD.com launch financial services app Dolfin
The announcement comes as Thai companies roll out financial services partnerships with e-commerce platforms and ride-hailing services.
Thailand drafts regulations to legalise ride-hailing services by early 2020
Some ride-hailing companies have been operating in Thailand's unregulated market for a few years now.
Thai lender Siam Commercial Bank partners Sea Group to expand digital lending
Siam Commercial will provide lending services to small businesses on Singapore-based Sea's platforms.
Thai chemicals company Indorama Ventures commits $1.5b to recycling
The investment would include greenfield and brownfield mergers and acquisitions focusing on bottle-to-bottle recycling.
